It's good to see that "can't wait to be king" stage stayed. Clearly the most wonderful stage in the history of gaming, and much more important than stages where Simba grows up and defeats Scar.
0:05 That music tho XD 0:24 Yep, this is my jam XD 0:30 Simba tho, 2:39 No boss music? 2:54 "The Mane Event" Just gonna call it that? XD {Also the music tho lol} 3:00 Simba's roar tho, 3:02 Wut? XD 3:20 Umm.....why is the Ostritch yellow? XD 3:22 So, it's a smaller version of the Rino, mk 4:10 Bug toss at Night.....{Also what is wrong with Timon and Pumba? XD} 4:11 At'least it's easier to catch them now, 4:23 I like how it's black and white lol {Also why are the hyenas as small as Simba is? aren't they like, thier enimes? XD} 9:29 Stampede music is happy......are we seeing this from Scar's perspective? lol 11:35 "Exile" XD just "Exile" 11:40 Wait, happy music again......Scar's perspective? lol 12:58 That music tho 14:16 Why are the logs green? XD 15:23 The Ape is white, alright then.... 15:57 "And so Simba decided to leave Timon and Pumba to go back to his real home, Once he made it back to pride rock Scar saw him first, and was shocked, Scar got so mad at Banzai Shenzi and Ed he killed them, Evreyone was happy to see Simba again, They all wen't to Scar's cave and saw him, they were all mad at Scar, Scar said: "I-I thought he would Die from the stampede! you can't blame me for this!" So the others turned around forgiving Scar, but then, Scar pounced at Simba, They all turned around, They pushed Scar off Simba, Nala made sure Simba was okay, Sarabi said: "Any last words, Scar!" Scar then reveald the truth, "I killed, Mufasa!" They all gasped, Simba got a flashback to when his father died, "Noooooo!!!!!!!" He pounced at Scar and then they all ate him, the end" XD
The correct music is on the sound test but it sounds awful, so I guess rather than work to improve it they just gave up and used something they already finished.
This game was released in 1995 and it was the last NES game that it was released in Europe in the PAL format, and it was a bad game. Sadly, the game was never released in the US at all, since Nintendo ended with “Wario’s Woods” as the last NES game ever made in the US, and the last unlicensed NES game was “Sunday Funday”, a religious clone of “Menace Beach”.
as a child I bought this game in Italy, and finished it in less than 1 hour, I was very upset when it wasn't complete, I could have sued Nintendo for selling me such a small and scarce game.
Like, the Pirated version is almost exactly like the SNES/Genesis version. Why couldn't THESE official programmers make THIS version exactly like the SNES/Genesis version too? It's not like the NES was THAT limiting, Jesus Christ!
@@thetoontastictoon1720 Well, it was. 16 bit has 256 colors for each one of 256 colors available at 8 bit... It was a much greater difference than between PS3 and PS4 (which use similar technological level and only differ in power... 8 times difference tho)
*@New Model* You obviously don't understand what 8-bit and 16-bit mean. You're referring to 8-bit and 16-bit graphics files, not 8-bit and 16-bit processors. The main limiting problem with the NES is the graphics, yes, but that has nothing to do with whether the system is 8 bit or not.
This is actually basically a hobbled port of the Game Boy version - down to the graphics still being stored in GB format and being converted to NES CHR format on the fly.
Personally I'm a Master System guy and it has my preferred version of the game, I can't say I've played the NES version, maybe I should to form a better judgement. But I don't really see what you guys are complaining about, sure it's visually the worst version of this game, but music sounds fine for NES and game still looks fun and functional, unlike many of the other unplayable games on these systems (due to bad engines or design) around the time. I'll have to check this one out when I get the chance!
Does anyone know why Capcom wasn't involved in making this game? They had already made most of Disney's games from that era, such as Aladdin, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck and Chip 'n Dale. I'm surprised the Lion King wasn't included.
They clearly were losing interest in Disney licenses at that point. Either that, or Virgin had the upper hand against them in getting this. Actually, the only thing they ever did with The Lion King was publishing the Japanese Super Famicom version of the Virgin game.
I am very fond of this game, in the 90's my neighbors had a PC with the Lion King MSDOS and I was impressed with the graphics, I didn't have that much money but I had my Nintendo NES and I played this game dreaming of having a PC some day
@@WeskerSega if I remember my thought process at the time that was more in shock that Master System games were still being made that late. I had not learned about Brazil's extended life span for the system.
@@chrisbg99 You weren't aware of the success of the Master System in Europe either? That was the main responsible for extending the Master System life cycle beyond Japan (1989) and North America (1991). Brazil had its success too, sure, but it benefited a lot of the fact that games were still produced for Europe (and Australia) beyond 1991 and up until 1995. It's true that beyond 1995, Brazil still produced like some 20 exclusive games, most of them which were lazy Game Gear conversions (and about three unreleased titles intended for Europe), but it's funny how most people give merit to Brazil the fact that it got so much games beyond the end of the Japanese and North American markets, when I'm sure that if it wasn't for Europe, not so much games would have been produced and probably Brazil would have had to deal with it.
This looks bad indeed :) In Scandinavia this game is a holy grail cause it's very rare(the SCN Version) It was the last game released for the NES In Scandinavia, and Aladdin second last.
It's ironic how this game looks like a pirate whereas the pirate looks like a licensed game. I guess it is expected since it was time to give up the NES. Don't get me wrong, it looks bad, but that's because the game itself looks outdated in terms of console standards.
just watched the pirate verson...and wow! its really like the 16but version. i mean..they tried their best to come as close as it gets! this version here looks totally poor against this.
This looks like a bootleg game judging by the abysmal music and horrible graphics. There is a total of 6 levels and no cutscenes in between levels; meaning that you would not understand everything going on in the game unless you watched the movie. Simba lived the rest of his life in the jungle with Timon and Pumbaa, Scar still ruled over the Pridelands, and somehow the game acts that Simba became the new ruler of the Pridelands with no proper final boss fight, unless Scar was a giant white ape. Really?
***** I couldn't believe it was made by the same people who made the SNES and Genesis versions. It makes you think that they were thinking to themselves "This game looks good enough to be released on a console that is pretty much obsolete while the SNES and Genesis are still popular." Imagine waking up on your birthday or Christmas and getting this game if your family couldn't afford another game system, play it on the NES only to find out it is crap. I have seen footage of a NES pirated version, and that looked like it was made by Virgin Interactive. It is as if both versions got switched without anyone knowing and the official game became crap while the pirated version was more superior.
On the other hand, the Americans had Wario's Woods, clearly the better game of the 2, since it had better graphics than this, it reportedly takes 7-10 hours to finish the 256 rounds, and music is better as well.
Hylianguy38 A very little known company, Dark Technologies made this version. But i agree with you. Why did they release it like this? The last 4 levels are gone. It is like Action 52 a little bit, due to it not being complete. I guess it was due to time constraints, but still inexcusable. And for being the last Nes game in Europe.
8 bit is not just bad graphics but also extreme hardware limitation, making the better game on snes was easier than making it somehow run on 8 bit. So if you don't know anything just stfu
I ordered both the PAL-A and PAL-B versions of this game, and neither one will play on my NES top loader. What's up with that? It's probably the only PAL-A game that doesn't play beyond the title screen.
If I recall correctly, It was made and only released In Brazil. It’s an unauthorized port of the game boy version just with color and bigger resolution. (Brazil loves to do that stuff) however, the game and music run faster, this version is also missing content like the last 4 levels.
Um I actually did some research right now, this is an official NES game. Only released in Europe, and was even the last official NES game in Europe. Funny because the game looks like a bootleg of the GB version
Why do people keep thinking its a pirated game it is a licensed game look it up it was one of the last new games out there witch is probley why it looks like that they probley rushed it out and did not bother to beta test it the controls are my biggest complaint its hardly playable
Looking at it, its the same as the SNES version, but this one was only released in Europe. Probably because the eastern European market was still profitable.
What? I cant believe that the official one looks more pirated then the actual pirated version, which looks like a license game too, hell in the pirate version, everything is nice a detail, and decently sized sprites, the music is kinda worse than the offical but in the official, they dont even show simba becoming a grown adult either
This was a port of a Gameboy game that was rushed onto the NES and wasn't even sold in North America. It isn't a good example to use to judge the "8-bit-wars."
@@IsmailofeRegime Actually its part of this era, so it counts. But really, seeing this video after 3 years again I am even more shocked. It looks horrible.
@@jimbojonez376 I don't think it really counts. It was released at the very end of the NES' "official" lifespan. Nobody back then was using this game for comparison purposes.
@@jhonataconti7811 Na verdade não sei falar português, mas o google tradutor me ajudou. LOL, a princípio pensei que você estivesse falando espanhol😅 tenha um bom dia
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I think its safe to say the pirate version was better
It's good to see that "can't wait to be king" stage stayed. Clearly the most wonderful stage in the history of gaming, and much more important than stages where Simba grows up and defeats Scar.
Black Ice Battle and 1-1 would like to know you’re location
The last licensed NES video game
@Covenant Lazarus not wrong
And it was a bad one
And it was as late as 1995
0:05 That music tho XD
0:24 Yep, this is my jam XD
0:30 Simba tho,
2:39 No boss music?
2:54 "The Mane Event" Just gonna call it that? XD {Also the music tho lol}
3:00 Simba's roar tho,
3:02 Wut? XD
3:20 Umm.....why is the Ostritch yellow? XD
3:22 So, it's a smaller version of the Rino, mk
4:10 Bug toss at Night.....{Also what is wrong with Timon and Pumba? XD}
4:11 At'least it's easier to catch them now,
4:23 I like how it's black and white lol {Also why are the hyenas as small as Simba is? aren't they like, thier enimes? XD}
9:29 Stampede music is happy......are we seeing this from Scar's perspective? lol
11:35 "Exile" XD just "Exile"
11:40 Wait, happy music again......Scar's perspective? lol
12:58 That music tho
14:16 Why are the logs green? XD
15:23 The Ape is white, alright then....
15:57 "And so Simba decided to leave Timon and Pumba to go back to his real home, Once he made it back to pride rock Scar saw him first, and was shocked, Scar got so mad at Banzai Shenzi and Ed he killed them, Evreyone was happy to see Simba again, They all wen't to Scar's cave and saw him, they were all mad at Scar, Scar said: "I-I thought he would Die from the stampede! you can't blame me for this!" So the others turned around forgiving Scar, but then, Scar pounced at Simba, They all turned around, They pushed Scar off Simba, Nala made sure Simba was okay, Sarabi said: "Any last words, Scar!" Scar then reveald the truth, "I killed, Mufasa!" They all gasped, Simba got a flashback to when his father died, "Noooooo!!!!!!!" He pounced at Scar and then they all ate him, the end" XD
The Stampede's music is... happy? What? Is this from Scar's perspective?
The correct music is on the sound test but it sounds awful, so I guess rather than work to improve it they just gave up and used something they already finished.
@@Cantimule Apparently the NES version was rushed, hence why the correct song sounds like ass; it wasn't finished.
This game was released in 1995 and it was the last NES game that it was released in Europe in the PAL format, and it was a bad game. Sadly, the game was never released in the US at all, since Nintendo ended with “Wario’s Woods” as the last NES game ever made in the US, and the last unlicensed NES game was “Sunday Funday”, a religious clone of “Menace Beach”.
What do you mean "the last unlicensed" game? Unlicensed NES games lasted far into the 2000s.
as a child I bought this game in Italy, and finished it in less than 1 hour, I was very upset when it wasn't complete, I could have sued Nintendo for selling me such a small and scarce game.
What was it like playing it at the time?
FUN FACT: This was the last licenced game released for the NES, but this game was only released as PAL release.
10:06 MS Paint confirmed
lmfao
I've played the pirate version of this game and it was much better than this, lol
Yes, i was SUPER GAME DEVELOP!
Like, the Pirated version is almost exactly like the SNES/Genesis version. Why couldn't THESE official programmers make THIS version exactly like the SNES/Genesis version too? It's not like the NES was THAT limiting, Jesus Christ!
@@thetoontastictoon1720 Well, it was. 16 bit has 256 colors for each one of 256 colors available at 8 bit... It was a much greater difference than between PS3 and PS4 (which use similar technological level and only differ in power... 8 times difference tho)
*@New Model* You obviously don't understand what 8-bit and 16-bit mean. You're referring to 8-bit and 16-bit graphics files, not 8-bit and 16-bit processors. The main limiting problem with the NES is the graphics, yes, but that has nothing to do with whether the system is 8 bit or not.
@@Slaveknight_gael okay you clearly no clue how technology works
Wow, this looks like a crappy pirate game.
+Natok the Dragon [PresStarToPlay] It SOUNDS like a pirate game too. (0 _ O)
Yet, SOMEHOW, the pirate game is better.
This is actually basically a hobbled port of the Game Boy version - down to the graphics still being stored in GB format and being converted to NES CHR format on the fly.
I agree😠
@@MxArgent Omg that's so CHEAP af lol
Moral: don't port Game Boy games to NES.
that one instance where I'm going to suggest playing the Pirated version over the Licensed version..
I have seen beyond the realm of the living, and returned a changed man.
I always thought as a kid the final boss was a men in a huge white coat throwing balls!
Personally I'm a Master System guy and it has my preferred version of the game, I can't say I've played the NES version, maybe I should to form a better judgement. But I don't really see what you guys are complaining about, sure it's visually the worst version of this game, but music sounds fine for NES and game still looks fun and functional, unlike many of the other unplayable games on these systems (due to bad engines or design) around the time. I'll have to check this one out when I get the chance!
+RodniDemental Dude. look at Super Game's version. it is pirate and a sh*t ton times better than this piece of licensed cr*p
The animation is very impressive for a nes game
listen to journey to silius's soundtrack and then go back to this one
It is incomplete. INCOMPLETE.
Would be better to check out Super Game's unofficial port.
Does anyone know why Capcom wasn't involved in making this game? They had already made most of Disney's games from that era, such as Aladdin, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck and Chip 'n Dale. I'm surprised the Lion King wasn't included.
They clearly were losing interest in Disney licenses at that point. Either that, or Virgin had the upper hand against them in getting this. Actually, the only thing they ever did with The Lion King was publishing the Japanese Super Famicom version of the Virgin game.
I am very fond of this game, in the 90's my neighbors had a PC with the Lion King MSDOS and I was impressed with the graphics, I didn't have that much money but I had my Nintendo NES and I played this game dreaming of having a PC some day
Best. Ending. Ever.
I actually have a copy of this game, but it BARELY works on my NTSC NES.
Apparently it and the Master System (!) version were never released in North America.
Back in 1995 it was pretty logical not to see Master System games released in North America any longer.
@@WeskerSega if I remember my thought process at the time that was more in shock that Master System games were still being made that late. I had not learned about Brazil's extended life span for the system.
@@chrisbg99 You weren't aware of the success of the Master System in Europe either? That was the main responsible for extending the Master System life cycle beyond Japan (1989) and North America (1991). Brazil had its success too, sure, but it benefited a lot of the fact that games were still produced for Europe (and Australia) beyond 1991 and up until 1995. It's true that beyond 1995, Brazil still produced like some 20 exclusive games, most of them which were lazy Game Gear conversions (and about three unreleased titles intended for Europe), but it's funny how most people give merit to Brazil the fact that it got so much games beyond the end of the Japanese and North American markets, when I'm sure that if it wasn't for Europe, not so much games would have been produced and probably Brazil would have had to deal with it.
This looks bad indeed :) In Scandinavia this game is a holy grail cause it's very rare(the SCN Version) It was the last game released for the NES In Scandinavia, and Aladdin second last.
It's ironic how this game looks like a pirate whereas the pirate looks like a licensed game. I guess it is expected since it was time to give up the NES. Don't get me wrong, it looks bad, but that's because the game itself looks outdated in terms of console standards.
thats why you let capcom do the disney work
just watched the pirate verson...and wow! its really like the 16but version. i mean..they tried their best to come as close as it gets! this version here looks totally poor against this.
my ears! my eyes! note to self: stay the hell away from this port!
Now, I'm a thing for some boopy NES music, I love NES music, but you know something sounds awful when it's making even MY ears bleed.. Jesus..
This looks like a bootleg game judging by the abysmal music and horrible graphics. There is a total of 6 levels and no cutscenes in between levels; meaning that you would not understand everything going on in the game unless you watched the movie. Simba lived the rest of his life in the jungle with Timon and Pumbaa, Scar still ruled over the Pridelands, and somehow the game acts that Simba became the new ruler of the Pridelands with no proper final boss fight, unless Scar was a giant white ape. Really?
***** I couldn't believe it was made by the same people who made the SNES and Genesis versions. It makes you think that they were thinking to themselves "This game looks good enough to be released on a console that is pretty much obsolete while the SNES and Genesis are still popular." Imagine waking up on your birthday or Christmas and getting this game if your family couldn't afford another game system, play it on the NES only to find out it is crap. I have seen footage of a NES pirated version, and that looked like it was made by Virgin Interactive. It is as if both versions got switched without anyone knowing and the official game became crap while the pirated version was more superior.
On the other hand, the Americans had Wario's Woods, clearly the better game of the 2, since it had better graphics than this, it reportedly takes 7-10 hours to finish the 256 rounds, and music is better as well.
Hylianguy38 A very little known company, Dark Technologies made this version. But i agree with you. Why did they release it like this? The last 4 levels are gone. It is like Action 52 a little bit, due to it not being complete. I guess it was due to time constraints, but still inexcusable. And for being the last Nes game in Europe.
8 bit is not just bad graphics but also extreme hardware limitation, making the better game on snes was easier than making it somehow run on 8 bit. So if you don't know anything just stfu
This version is so poor because it was straight conversion from Gameboy version without any improvements
That was it? No adult Simba?
This is official???
Sadly.
I ordered both the PAL-A and PAL-B versions of this game, and neither one will play on my NES top loader. What's up with that? It's probably the only PAL-A game that doesn't play beyond the title screen.
Kinaman made an excellent video about both official and pirated The Lion King games.
Only Russians understand.
so this is pretty much the same as the game boy version?
So that's the last third-party NES game? How pitiful. Those grafx are terrible!
***** But Lion king was released in 1995... I'm from germany, but this is one of very few PAL-exclusive NES games i'm not going to get...
Yes.
Game was only released in PAL regions
ScareScraper Totals of F2 17:06 Penguin Toadette
This can't be a real thing...
+Luigifan64 It is in Europe
The GB version trumps this..
This is actually based on the GB version, except... it's worse.
I just saw another video of an NES version of this same where Simba is an adult and fights Scar.
If I recall correctly, It was made and only released In Brazil. It’s an unauthorized port of the game boy version just with color and bigger resolution. (Brazil loves to do that stuff) however, the game and music run faster, this version is also missing content like the last 4 levels.
Not only for brazil, we had that in switzerland too.
No, It was just released in European places, like Germany and Scandinavian countries.
It was released in the Netherlands and I actually have this game, you worthless fucker.
Mr Krebs Don’t forget to mention the Netherlands, you clown.
Um I actually did some research right now, this is an official NES game. Only released in Europe, and was even the last official NES game in Europe. Funny because the game looks like a bootleg of the GB version
Why do people keep thinking its a pirated game it is a licensed game look it up it was one of the last new games out there witch is probley why it looks like that they probley rushed it out and did not bother to beta test it the controls are my biggest complaint its hardly playable
there is a pirate version as well that's why... and its better than the original
wait, that's it? the game boy version is the exact same but much longer... :S
0:24-0:30, 2:54-2:59 Hey, what gives? I thought cartridges don't have load times. The title would go away in a fraction of a second.
Oh, wow.
Samba is so tiny in the nes version
How is the bootleg better than this?
This looks like it was made by one person. Of course no one was paying attention to the NES at this time. Poor Simba.
This is not pirate. This game was oficially released
Aah! No Final Battle? : (
5:30 Incredible Banger!!!
There are few unofficial Lion King games for NES.
Noway this was official it's homebrew .
Nope it's licensed I can't blame you though it looks like garbage controls like garbage and plays like *GARBAGE*
I hate these pirate games on NES. God, the sound makes my ears bleed! Fucking terrible!
This is actually licensed. It looks like a pirate though.
You know your official game sucks when people mistake it for a pirate
Looking at it, its the same as the SNES version, but this one was only released in Europe. Probably because the eastern European market was still profitable.
Lion King NES is like the Rebecca blacks Friday of games.
I never thought I'd say this, but the pirate version is much better!
My mistake. :) Thanks, Rodrigo!! Now I'm curious...
What the heck? Looks like a port of the Game Boy port, with all those tiny sprites.
it's the same thing as game boy,but here there are colors and the game is shorter
The game just stops like that?
Yes.
What? I cant believe that the official one looks more pirated then the actual pirated version, which looks like a license game too, hell in the pirate version, everything is nice a detail, and decently sized sprites, the music is kinda worse than the offical but in the official, they dont even show simba becoming a grown adult either
What is this. 8-bit-wars truly won by Sega 😁
This game is bad, but no, the 8 bit wars were won by Nintendo. They had all that third party support in their back pockets after all.
This was a port of a Gameboy game that was rushed onto the NES and wasn't even sold in North America. It isn't a good example to use to judge the "8-bit-wars."
@@IsmailofeRegime Actually its part of this era, so it counts. But really, seeing this video after 3 years again I am even more shocked. It looks horrible.
@@jimbojonez376 I don't think it really counts. It was released at the very end of the NES' "official" lifespan. Nobody back then was using this game for comparison purposes.
@@Bloodreign1 Also they had not-so-good "Battletoads and Double Dragon" port.
Well thank goodness it wasn’t released in US, because it kinda looked ugly for nes standards.
the music is bad, the controls look like they are bad, the graphics are bland and samba is too small
Framerates are also terrible, you idiot.
My ears are bleeding.
PRIDELAND
CAN'T WAIT
BUG TOSS
GRAVEYARD
BUG TOSS
STAMPEDE
EXILE
HAKUNA MATATA
Unused levels:
SIMBA'S DESTINY
HYENA LAIRS
RETURN TO PRIDE ROCK
Hakunamatata?
Same idea as Super Mario World NES. Yarr, this be a pirate cart, sez I!!
Oh God, these graphics look like shit. Even for NES standards.
What's even worse is that there's a PIRATED version of The Lion King on NES which was MUCH better looking. It should have been the other way around!
The game end at half of the story...
The bootleg looks better!
The pirated versions are way better than this, i have a few of them on a cart.
4:20 - hardest level.
this version are horrible
The game of MS Paint
Wow... ._.
I loved the PC version but this is just.. awful.
OMG THIS GAME WAS SO WIN
Only unlicensed version l have in the russia, but pirate version was little better than games.
Screw this game😬😠😠😠
4:09
The animation is impressive for a nes game actually
Because Game Boy port.
Sempre quis ver essa versão
And how do you feel after seeing this?
@@SinisterServal Desculpe meu celular quebrou e so tenho tradutor assim que eu pergar outro celular te respondo.
@@jhonataconti7811 Não tem problema, eu só estava perguntando como você se sente depois de ver o jogo. devo dizer que não é bonito😅
@@SinisterServal Entendi concordo kkkkkkkkkk
@@jhonataconti7811 Na verdade não sei falar português, mas o google tradutor me ajudou. LOL, a princípio pensei que você estivesse falando espanhol😅
tenha um bom dia
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
Wrost Nes game ever
i wanna tell you this.....
i liked the game;(
@@peterastof5838 But then you look at Super Game's port... right?